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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Please see table below that provides a county breakdown for each scheme year for the numbers of unsuccessful applicants to the Sheep Welfare Scheme. There are a number of reasons as to why an application for participation in the scheme would be unsuccessful. Typical reasons for this in the first year of the scheme were that applications were returned to my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Dara Calleary) The information requested is provided in the below table. The 2020 scheme year payments have yet to commence and are scheduled for November when the 2020 advance payment will be made. ">GLAS Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The below table provides figures in relation to the number of unsuccessful applications per county in respect of GLAS. Applications are unsuccessful if they do not meet the required criteria as per the terms and conditions. Tranche County Count GLAS1 Carlow 6 GLAS1 Cavan 25 GLAS1 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land Use (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: My Department obtains information on the number of farmers operating on land such as commonage land and land eligible for schemes such as the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme from the annual applications for participation in a number of schemes such as the Basic Payment Scheme and the ANC. The two tables provide information derived from those applications. Table A: The number of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 685 and 686 together. Please find below tables for each Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme year from 2015 - 2020 showing the following information: Scheme Years 2015 - 2019: Total number of eligible applications, total number of applications paid, total amount paid per county and the value of the average payment received by individuals in that county....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Over the years 2018 and 2019, an increase in funding amounting to €48 million was secured for the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme by my Department, bringing the total annual budget for the scheme to €250 million for 2019 and 2020. The budget for the ANC scheme, and indeed for other schemes administered by my Department, for 2021 and future...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The table below shows the total breakdown in funding for the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme between EU and Exchequer funding in the years 2015 - 2020. As my Department has secured additional funding for the Scheme in recent years, this has been funded via the Exchequer and thus the balance between EU and Exchequer funding has changed over the relevant period. Please note,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. Officials in my Department are currently collating the information requested and I will respond to the Deputy within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farms Data (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: My Department maintains linear hedgerow data in relation to a subset of farmers who have Ecological Focus Area obligations under the Greening Scheme. However, it does not currently maintain a national dataset on the area of hedgerows per county. The information relating to scrub is currently being collated and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The Programme for Government makes a number of commitments for the forestry sector in Ireland. These include the alignment of the licensing and appeals processes with other similar processes, a commitment to implement the recommendations of the Mackinnon Review and to ensure the licensing system is sufficiently resourced to clear the existing backlog. The Deputy will be aware...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: It is not possible to provide a response to the Deputy in the required timeframe. I wish to advise the Deputy that a deferred reply will be issued to him in respect of this Parliamentary Question, in line with Standing Order 42A.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 of 20 April 2017 governs the monitoring of carcase classification. My Department fully endorses and supports the objective of ensuring a robust system of carcass classification and maintaining the confidence of farmers in it. To this end, carcase classification controls in slaughter plants are carried out by a dedicated team of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: Statistics on area farmed and livestock numbers are compiled by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on a regional rather than a county basis in most cases. The table details, in respect of 2019 shows: - area farmed (Utililsable Agricultural Area) in June by region and by type of land use - number of cattle in June by region and by county - number of sheep, pigs, poultry etc by region Number...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farms Data (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The CSO's 2016 Farm Structures Survey provides detailed information on the number of farms by size on a regional basis. The average farm size in 2016 was 32.4 hectares. However, farms in the Border Midlands and West region averaged 27.1 hectares in 2016, compared to 38.3 hectares in the South and East region. Data on farm size by county is not readily available. Tables 1 provides a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farms Data (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: My Department maintains linear hedgerow data in relation to a subset of farmers who have Ecological Focus Area obligations under the Greening Scheme, However, it does not currently maintain a national dataset on the area of hedgerows per county. The information relating to scrub is currently being collated and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Harbours and Piers (23 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy O'Sullivan for raising this matter and for his contact over the past days. As the Deputy has said, the pier in Union Hall is owned by Cork County Council and responsibility for its operation, maintenance and development lies with Cork County Council and its parent Department, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I have, therefore, no direct remit in this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Harbours and Piers (23 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: On Union Hall pier, my Department has no specific remit on the matter but we will reach out to Cork County Council given the case the Deputy has made to me over a number of days to ascertain the viability of those alternatives. With regard to Dinish pier, my Department is engaging with the company and much discussion is under way. I am anxious to see the project proceed. I will take the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Harbours and Piers (23 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: There are no marine piers in Tipperary.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Grant Payments (23 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: A Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) is a product, which must be produced, processed or prepared in a particular geographical area, and where a specific quality, reputation, or other characteristics are attributable to that area. I believe that such schemes can provide a positive economic opportunity for producers and for rural areas. Officials from my Department have been working...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Food Industry (23 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to the establishment of a new authority to be called the National Food Ombudsman to enforce the provisions of Directive (EU) No. 2019/633 Unfair Trading Practices (UTP Directive), which must be transposed into Irish law by 1 May 2021. Any proposed measures that extend beyond the minimum harmonisation requirements of the UTP Directive would...